Hi, I created this feature request and then created this pull request a couple months ago that does exactly what you suggest. The user can define any file extension they like. If you then try to open a file with that extension, it will open it as a project. No idea if this will ever get accepted though. If you have a github account you are encouraged to go over to those posts to show your support :)

Hello, Картошка с луком,

Here is, below, an other simple method :

Go to the C:\Windows\System32 folder

Right-click and create a new shortcut, just called NP

Choose, as target, the absolute path of Notepad++.exe

Probably, choose to start this program in the N++ installation folder

Then, to run Notepad++.exe :

Start the Windows Run menu, with the Windows key + R shortcut

Just type NP and valid

=> N++ should start, at once, regardless to your present location :-)

As for me, it works fine, with a portable N++ installation, from an archive file, on a Win XP machine :-)

However, you may come across some related problems, with the W7/W8 configurations and/or the N++ Installer. I couldn’t test these cases as I don’t have, presently, any W7/W8 machine available ( I’m still, in Summer Holidays, guys, Ah, Ah ! )

Best Regards,

guy038

Thanks to the help.
The old way was better to identify. I work with support and sometimes they sent me some files wrongly encoded and in the system the recommendation is UTF-8 without BOM.

What language were you writing, and did you save it with a file name with the appropriate suffix - e.g. MyProg.java if you were writing Java code.

Perhaps you didn’t give it a suffix until after you saved it away, and next time you edit the file it will respond to the suffix.

You really need to give some more details.

More than likely this is possible but you’d have to take the time to write a plugin to do it.